PERCEIVED CHANGES IN LIFE MEANING FOLLOWING BEREAVEMENT
PERCEIVED CHANGES IN LIFE MEANING FOLLOWING BEREAVEMENT
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DOI：
10.2190/te7q-5g45-bety-x1tt
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发表时间：
1992-01-01
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
HOOKER, K
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作者：
EDMONDS, S;HOOKER, K
许多研究都记录了与亲人死亡相关的负面后遗症。本研究的目的是探讨存在主义和人本主义理论家所暗示的丧亲之痛存在积极方面的可能性。最近经历过亲密家庭成员死亡的大学生完成了与悲伤相关的痛苦，存在意义的测量，并回答了关于他们的经历导致的对上帝信仰和生活目标的感知变化的开放式问题。悲伤和存在意义之间存在显著的负相关关系。大多数样本报告了生活目标的积极变化，这些人的存在意义显着高于那些报告目标发生负面变化的人。那些经历过上帝信仰变化（积极或消极）的人比那些没有变化的人有更高的悲伤水平。这些结果表明，积极的变化与丧亲之痛有关，悲伤本身可能是个人成长的动力。
Much research has documented the negative sequelae associated with death of a loved one. The goal of the present study was to investigate the possibility, alluded to by existential and humanistic theorists, that positive aspects of bereavement exist. College students who recently experienced the death of a close family member completed measures of grief-related distress, existential meaning, and answered open-ended questions regarding perceived changes in belief in God and life goals occurring as a result of their experience. A significant inverse relationship was found between grief and existential meaning. The majority of the sample reported a positive change in life goals, and these individuals had significantly higher existential meaning than those who reported a negative change in goals. Those who experienced change (positive or negative) in belief in God had higher levels of grief than those who reported no change. These results suggest that positive changes are associated with bereavement and that grief itself may serve as an impetus for personal growth.